About Cadlina luteomarginata MacFarland, 1966
The yellow-edged cadlina, scientifically named Cadlina luteomarginata MacFarland, 1966, is a white, oval-shaped sea slug. It has yellow projections on its back, and a bright yellow edge along its mantle. Near its rear end, there is a ring of six feathery gills with yellow tips, as well as rhinophores. Its antennae have a comblike structure. The radula of this species has strongly hooked lateral teeth. Its subepithelial glands are compound, made up of large vacuoles that contain bluish-stained material. Clusters of glandular tissue are located on the apex of the tubercles. Cadlina luteomarginata produces luteone, a twenty-three carbon terpenoid.
This dorid nudibranch is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Alaska to Mexico. Existing reports of this species from the eastern coast of North America require further investigation, and there is currently no concrete evidence confirming that the species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
